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Thief II: The Metal Age

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Description

Top 50 Title:

Slip Through the Shadows. Steal to Survive. For a master thief like Garrett the choices are clear: profit or perish.

The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.

Key Features:

Thrilling, stealth-based FPS gameplay

Complex, non-linear levels allow you to choose a different path every time

Advanced enemy AI and sophisticated new master thief tools to outwit them

Gripping narrative with intriguing subplots through 15 huge missions

Customer reviews

92

Worthy Sequel

This is a worthy sequel to Thief Gold. Same as its predecessor, it really held up well after a little more than a decade. You still get those big, sprawling levels, and loot hidden everywhere. You also get some interesting nooks and crannies this time around. Also, the AI was improved on in this game, and they do feel smarter, although if you're quick, they're still nothing more than a brief distraction.

The story feels more fleshed out in this one, probably because it's a sequel, and there was the backstory from the first game.

Another definitely recommended title from the series.

99

Garrett once again

First of all - Thief 2 is much better than its predecessor. What makes me say that? Well, remember Thief 1? Many zombies, burricks, wraiths, caverns and ruins. In Thief 2 you can forget about all this. All missions are set in the city of Dayport. (Well not all, but I'm not spoiling the fun.) There are close to none supernatural enemies. You face mostly humans with addition of some steam propelled "robots" and sentries. And that's why it's so good. Pure thieving experience set in steampunk world with amazing story, great voice acting. Incredible ambient music too.

As with The 1st Thief, you can easily find mods that will make the game look more than passable for today's gamer.

100

A true gem

Thief 2: The Metal Age was the game that made me love stealth. For some reason I ended up playing this before the first one, and to this day I view the Thief series as one of the greatest series of games.
From the very first level you are presented with a quite large map, with a myriad of rooms, hidden treasures and other secrets to discover. The clever way of making you have to get more loot on the higher difficulties, while not killing or harming more than a set amount of enemies, makes the game highly replayable.
You are also very rarely stuck with only one way to do a mission, with a lot of paths to use and items to help you on the way. The rope-arrow especially is always fun to use.
While the graphics are obviously dated, the sound design, aesthetics, story and voice work are still top notch. I cannot recommend this enough!

92

One of the best stealth games to this very day.

Superb steampunk victorian/medieval stealth. You are dropped into a freeform open level with countless nooks and crannies to explore, and tons of ways to get through the mission. Climb on all objects like some primitive Mirrors Edge. Make sure to download NewDark for sharpened graphics and physics (important for climbing, which is weak by default). Use a variety of tools and weapons to make your way through. Including rope arrows which permit you to climb a rope onto any wooden surface.

Less horror and undead than in Thief 1, and more break-ins and burglaries, making it less faithful to its roots in that regard, but more focused towards traditional thievery. Slightly less atmospheric too. Still, if you are a stealth game fan you owe it to yourself to buy this one.

90

A very worthy sequel

Thief: The Dark Project achieved the status of cult classic rather quickly, and fans of the game couldn’t wait for the sequel. And it didn’t disappoint. TDP had its share of issues, and Thief II addressed most of them. Firstly the character models look better as do decals like blood stains, and textures are improved. The result is a noticeably prettier looking game, but it isn’t that big of a leap technologically speaking – still using the same engine as the first. But I would say that this game has aged somewhat better than the first graphically.

The level design is significantly better in this game than its prequel, opting for a less linear approach, with more emphasis on sprawling urban environments. The things that made the original so great are still here, with plenty to explore, conversations to eavesdrop on, and a beautiful and at times tense ambient soundtrack in the background.